An English Homophone Dictionary

clack (-s), claque (-s) clause, claws

clew (-s), clue (-s)

click (-s), clique (-s), klick (-s) climb (-s), clime (-s)

close, clothes (?) coal, kohl

coarse, corse, course coat (-s), cote (-s) coax, cokes

coffer (-s), cougher (-s) coign (-s), coin (-s), quoin (-s) collard, collared

colonel (-s), kernel (-s) come (-s), cum (-s) comedy, comity (?) competence, competents complacent, complaisant complacence, complaisance

complement (-s,-ary), compliment (-s,-ary) conceded, conceited (?)

conch (-s), conk (-s) concord, conquered (?) continence, continents coo (-s), coup (-s)

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coulee, coolie, coolly coop (-s), coupe (-s) cops, copse

coquet, coquette core, corps

correspondence, correspondents cosher, kosher

cosign (-s), cosine (-s) council (-s), counsel (-s) councillor (-s), counselor (-s) cousin (-s), cozen (-s)

coward, cowered, cowherd (?) crape (-s), crepe (-s)

creak (-s), creek (-s) crewed, crude crewel, cruel crews, cruise, cruse cubical, cubicle

cubit, qubit [quantum bit] cue (-s), queue (-s), [Q] currant (-s), current (-s) curser (-s), cursor (-s) cymbal (-s), symbol (-s) cygnet (-s), signet (-s)

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dissidence, dissidents do ["re, mi"], doe, dough doer, dour

does [f. deer], doze done, dun

dos ["dos and don'ts"], dues dost, dust

donjon, dungeon

dowiger (-s), dowitcher (-s) draft (-s), draught (-s) dray, drey

droop, drupe dual, duel ducked, duct dyeing, dying

E

earn (-s), erne (-s), urn (-s) eave (-s), eve (-s)

effect (see affect)

eight (see ate)

elude (see allude)

elusive (see allusive)

'ere (see air)

e'er (see air)

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err (see air)

except (see accept)

exceed (see accede)

edition (see addition)

eye (see aye) elicit, illicit

elude (-s), allude (-s) emerge (-s), immerge (-s)

eminent, immanent, imminent (?) ensure, insure (?)

epic (-s), epoch (-s) equivalence, equivalents errant (see arrant) erupt (-s), irrupt (-s) eruption, irruption

ewe (-s), yew (-s), you ewes, use, yews exercise (-s), exorcise (-s) existence, existents

extravagance, extravagants

eye (see aye) eyelet (-s), islet (-s) eyed, I'd, ide

F

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facts, fax (?) fail, faille

fain, fane, feign faint (-s), feint (-s) fair (-s), fare (-s) fairy, ferry

faker (-s), fakir (-s) fate, fete

faun (-s), fawn (-s) fay, fey

faze (-s), phase (-s) fear (-s), fere (-s) feat, feet

fends, fens fern, firn ferule, ferrule feudal, futile (?)

file (-s), phial (-s) fill, faille

filter, philtre finally, finely (?) find, fined

fir (-s), fur (?)

fisher (-s), fissure (-s) flacks, flax

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flair (-s), flare (-s) flea (-s), flee (-s) flecks, flex

flew, flu (-s), flue (-s) flocks, phlox

floe (-s), flow (-s) flour (-s), flower (-s) foaled, fold

for, fore, four forbear, forebear (?) forego (-s), forgo (-s) formally, formerly (?) forth, fourth foreword, forward foul (-s), fowl (-s) 'fraid, frayed

franc, frank frays, phrase

frees, freeze (-s), frieze (-s) friar, fryer

fungous, fungus furs, furze fussed, fust

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grays, graze grip, grippe

grisly, gristly (?), grizzly groan, grown

grocer, grosser guarantee, guaranty guest, guessed guide, guyed guise, guys

gyre, jire

H

hail, hale

hair (-s), hare (-s) hairy, harry hall, haul

hallo, hallow (?) halve, have handsome, hansom hangar (-s), hanger (-s) hardy, hearty

hairier, harrier hart (-s), heart (-s) hay, hey

hays, haze

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he'd, heed, heid

heal (-s), heel (-s), he'll hear, here

heir (see air) heard, herd heroin, heroine (?) hertz, hurts

hew (-s), hue (-s) hi, hie, high hide, hied higher, hire him, hymn

ho, hoe hoar, whore

hoard, horde, whored hoarse, horse

hoes, hose hold, holed

hole (-s), whole (-s) holey, holy, wholly hoop, whoop hostel, hostile hour (-s), our (-s)

humerus, humorous hurdle, hurtle (?)

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